Evangelism

Woah today's QT just brought me back to focus once again..

It was always so difficult for myself to evangelise.. Sometimes it really work because I would sow time and efforts into meeting the needs of people.
But most of the time it doesn't and I lose heart.

Today it just dawned upon me that evangelism isn't about bring people to church. It is actually bringing God to people.

Jesus did not send His disciples out in order to bring more believers in. He sent them out to bring the Word of God to the people!
Jesus didn't meet people's need just so they can go to church. Part of a church function is to facilitate for evangelism. He went out to bring the Word of God and touch of God to each life. People just follow Him! Church is just a platform for people to come so that they are more focused to allow the Word and Presence of God to sow seeds into their lives.

Every ministry that we serve.. every preacher that we hear.. every music that we sing.. and every outing that we do.. it is all to build the very same platform to bring down God's "touch" into people's life.

This truth is going the be the difference in how we evangelise, how we do church and how we live our lives.

Indeed.. Love God, Love People.

Leave Your Town

Wow another awesome QT session!

Today during service God spoke to me. Another level of growing me spiritually.
I have tolerated sin all along. Today God broke that mindset. Detest it!
Detesting is the right word. Irritated because it keeps hindering us.
A new level of breakthrough today.
Because I carry His Name, therefore my stature must be built.

Then at QT I did "Hosanna"..
"Heal my heart and make it clean.
Open up my eyes to the things unseen.
Show me how to love like You have love me."

Allow one's heart to be rid of all sin. Make it clean.
Allow God to make us see things differently. We sin because we only saw things at a certain view.
We only see fear, insecurity, faithlessness, impatience, rage.
These are things that causes us to be blind.
These are things that gives opportunities for temptations to set in.

Jesus couldn't sin because He has love for people. He was tempted yet He did not give in.
For His sacrifice is going to worth more than sinning. He gave all that He had.
When we choose to sacrifice and put God and people first, all the things that had blinded us will also then sacrificed!

A reading of the bible reaffirms this. Mark 8:22-30 talks about Jesus taking a blind man out of his town to heal him. He layed hands on the man for the first time and he could only have a blur vision, but was completely clear on the second! Jesus then sent him away and tell him not to go into the town.

God also takes the blinded ones out of their town. A town speaks of the heart. You know where people come from by hearing them speak and act. For example the French are sophiscated and proud, Singaporeans are kiasu and speaks singlish! Therefore out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

We sin because we are blinded by the town we lived inside of our hearts. Therefore God will bring us out of our towns and cause us to see the way He see things. When we see the way He sees, it holds truths and sets us free. And commanded the blind never to go back to the town or even give chance for the town to communicate to us again.

Not to worry if we fall again during the process of cleansing. The blindman couldn't see clearly at first. But he was completely healed later. We can never gauge God's time, be patient and persevere

Leave your town and set your thoughts to God's thoughts. When we see differently, we act differently.
Amen.

(this is a post that is going to minister to myself and hopefully others too!)

The Ingredients of Sin

I knew that I had to blogged about tonight's QT for some reason

I had just sinned.. lied in fact..
I tried to do my QT but couldn't. I was overwhelmed with guilt and shame.

I pressed on by reminding me that God loves me. That my sins are forgiven and I do not have to live in shame.
I being to sing a part of "Heart of Worship". It says "You're looking into my heart.."
I couldn't fully understand it. It was comforting yet I still have to fight shame.

Then I turned to Mark 7 and read verses 1 - 23. It talks about how Jesus says that all defilement (sin)
are created from the evil that is rooted inside of our hearts.

People sin because of the things they kept in their hearts.
Things like laziness, pride, anger, impatience, faithlessness, fear..
All these results in people lying, falling into lust, having hatred, being greedy.

We have to deal with that root. Else we will be overwhelmed with guilt and shame.
Eventually falling into the deception of Satan that we are people that have no ability to overcome temptation, and then hide from God's presence.

Yes we can be Christians, hide from God's presence and live in sin and in shame. It is what Satan wants!
Don't give in, don't give up. Stand! Unroot evil!